I remember 50 years ago watching my grandmothers quilt. They both had electric sewing machines. Yes, they used scissors and a cloth tape measure. So do I sometimes. My grandmothers were born before 1900. They were "modern" women. One of my DGMs bragged about voting in Arizona's first federal election. They knew that the only thing you can take with you is knowledge, and they learned all they could as fast as science gave it to them. They both would LOVE to have the conveniences we have, and would think we are nuts for not at least learning to use them.